Club captain Wes Morgan is hoping that the togetherness within the squad can help push them towards their promotion goals following Saturday’s last-gasp equaliser against Watford.

After going 2-0 down against the Hornets at King Power Stadium, a goal from Matty James before the break and Danny Drinkwater’s stunner deep into stoppage time salvaged City’s unbeaten run - now 11 games stretching back to the 1-1 draw with Burnley in December.

That leaves the Foxes a massive 11 points clear of the second placed Clarets on a total of 67 points, with Queens Park Rangers and Derby County in hot pursuit in third and fourth after their meeting at the iPro Stadium on Monday night.

Morgan said: “It’s just the boys collectively with their togetherness [that’s the key to the unbeaten run].

“We just face each game with the mentality that we want to win. We wanted to keep the run going with another three points and we know at the end of the season the rewards could be there for us. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we just want to keep going and keep maintaining.

“We went 2-0 down and the boys were disappointed, but I felt we did enough in the game to definitely warrant the comeback and in the second half especially we kept most of the ball, had the best chances and it was a matter of time. It did take longer than expected, but we got the second goal in the end.

“It was a little bit of panic stations [at the end], and it was getting closer and closer but it was inevitable that they’d concede. Obviously we expected it to be sooner rather than the last minute, but we were just glad to get the goal and get the point.”

Morgan did a fine job of of keeping quiet Watford danger man Troy Deeney over the 90 minutes on Saturday, who despite the Hornets racing into a 2-0 lead against the run of play, found it difficult to get any change out of the City skipper.

He said: “I’ve played against him a few times and he’s always on form because he’s a top class player, but I thought we as a back four limited them to few chances.

“Troy Deeney didn’t score against us, which was part of my job done so yes he’s always a handful, but we don’t have to play him again this season.”

Attentions will now turn to a mouthwatering trip to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday week, when the Foxes once again put their unbeaten record on the line against a genuine contender for an automatic promotion place.

Billy Davies’ side face an FA Cup Fifth Round tie away to Sheffield United on Sunday, meaning the Foxes will have an extra few days to rest ahead of the trip to the City Ground - scene of a dramatic 3-2 victory on the final day of last season.

“The gaffer has given us a few days off which is good of him,” said Morgan.

“The boys have been resting their legs ahead of the Wednesday. It’s a short break and we look forward to it, but it’ll be back to work before long.”